have seen key players go down at the worst possible time, including the 2007 Giants, who placed their leading rusher ( DerrickWard ) on injured reserve with a broken leg in the first week of December, just two months before the knocked off the Patriots

Bradshaw said. “It’s heartbreaking for me just to see him so down. When I was a rookie I told David, [ Derrick ] Ward broke his fibula and I had to step in and be a big part of our offense. That’s what I expect from David and I told

Matthew joined Mut and Merloni for some Week 1 Fantasy Football advice including what to do with Peyton Manning, how Manning's absence impacts other players on the Colts, what sleepers he likes a lot and what to do with wide receivers who are matched up against shutdown corners like Darrelle Revis.

Carl broke down the philosophies of bellichick & Coughlin; fairly similar. How the franchises believe in building up, through the draft but, no knee-jerk reactions. He gave his opinions as to who will win.

t much of a factor in the contest. Belichick did acknowledge his work, including his stop of Tampa Bay running back DerrickWard in the second quarter on a third-and-short situation. “I think Adalius did a good job,” Belichick said. “I’d have

are going to throw the ball a ton in this one and Perry is a good receiving option out of the backfield. I like both DerrickWard and Ahmad Bradshaw but neither gets enough carries to justify a play. If I owned Jacobs I would make sure I had Ward

occasions and rushed for only four scores. Could be a fluke, but there are too many other candidates (Ahmad Bradshaw, DerrickWard ) stealing carries to make Jacobs a weekly option ... Rookies, rookies. My blog on Monday also discussed Matt Forté

option in large leagues and may give you big numbers as we just aren’t sure how much they are ready to use Foster. DerrickWard hasn’t practiced this week, so Tate should have a role no matter what. If you need a flex, he’s a nice RB3 this

blocked out of the action rather easily. He took 16 snaps by my count, and did make one impressive play — stopping DerrickWard on a third-down run. The rest of the way, he was underwhelming and rather pedestrian. If he is dogged by an injury, the bye